Government, Defense

military expenditures, air force, navy, Military service, army

Military service is compulsory for two years for all able-bodied men between the ages of 21 and 30. In 2001 the armed forces included an army of 190,000 members, a navy of 68,000, and an air force of 48,000. Beginning in the early 1990s, the proportion of GDP spent on the military was reduced substantially. In 2000 military expenditures totaled 2 percent of GDP.

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military expenditures, air force, navy, Military service, army, armed forces, ages, members, years